Jiang, Feng
Gu, Haifeng
Song, Pengfei
Zhang, Jingjie
Cai, Zhenyuan
Liang, Chengbo
Gao, Hongmei
Zhang, Ruidong
Zhang, Tongzuo
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32200408)
Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai Province (2023-ZJ-952Q)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023M743743)
Article History
Received: 10 September 2025
Revised: 13 January 2026
Accepted: 21 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
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: A total of 144 fecal samples from captive forest musk deer were collected, with permission from the authorities at the forest musk deer breeding centers in Qilian County, Qinghai Province, China, respectively. All procedures were approved by the Ethical Committee for Experimental Animal Welfare of the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology.
: The authors declare no competing interests.